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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many slaves were at the main farm?
(a) 10-20.
(b) 300-400.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 100-200.
2. What is a main theme that Douglass uses in Chapter 3?
(a) Competition brings out the best in people.
(b) Slavery makes people feel less than human.
(c) Hunger will cause people to do almost anything.
(d) Love can come from unexpected sources.
3. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The death of Douglass.
(c) His own death.
(d) The end of slavery the following year.
4. Phillips compares the Mississippi Valley to a story in what publication?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A letter.
(d) A journal.
5. How many farms did Colonel Edward Lloyd own?
(a) More than 20.
(b) More than 10.
(c) More than 30.
(d) 5.
Short Answer Questions
1. What weapon does Douglass say Mr. Lanman used to kill one of two slaves?
2. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
3. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?
4. What did the Colonel often do when the slaves disrespected him?
5. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Douglass so concerned about his age in Chapter 1?
2. What does Philips say about Douglass and his life of slavery in the second Preface?
3. In the Preface, why does Mr. Garrison talk about a story that Daniel O'Connell has previously told?
4. Who was Austin Gore? How is he described?
5. What was the punishment, if any, for killing a slave at this time in history?
6. What is the irony regarding the slaves wanting to work at the main farm?
7. What was Colonel Lloyd's garden like?
8. What common practice upsets Douglass, according to his narrative in Chapter 1?
9. Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
10. What does Phillips compare slaves to in the second Preface?
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